Typewriting machine



Jan. 15, 1929.

A. a. F. xunowsm TYPEWRITING MACHINE Filed Nov. 26, 1926 4 INVENTORI Patented Jan.'15, 1929.

cairn!) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED G. F. KUROWSKI, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO UNDERWOOD' ELLIOTT FISHER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

TYPEWRITING MACHINE.

Application filedNovember 26, 1926. Serial No. 150,768.

. This invention relates to im irovements in the line-spacing mechanism of typewrit ng machines designed to be placed n a traveling casing, which it is desirable to make very must. of course, be built so as to clear the stationary mechanism of the machine. hen this lever is made strong enough to withstand hard usage, the handle thereof stands much higher than any of the other parts of the machine, and the cover of the casing must be made high enough to clear the line-space lever. This makes the casingtoo high and awkward to handle and to carry around. It is one of the features of this invention to provide an improved handle which may be folded below the level of the highest part of the 'machine to the end that the machine may be packed in a more compact casing.

Another feature of this invention relates to the provision of means whereby the handle may be locked in operating position, so

as to insure against accidental displacement thereof which would be liable to cause dam age to the delicate mechanism of the machine.

The line-space lever is pivotally mounted on a fixed stud carried by the carriage and is.

operatively connected with a sliding pawl which operates a line-spacing ratchet. The lever is provided with a swiveled handle which is normally locked ineoperating position by means of a latch. The latch is manually released so that the handle may be Figure 2 is a plan view of the line-spacing mechanism, showing the handle inoperative position. i

Figure 3 1s a perspective view, showing the V handle locked in operative position.

Figure 4 is a view similar to that shown in same time,

the carr1age,.the machine is provided with a a pin 38 carried by the handle.

Figure 2 but shows how the handle is folded. Figure 5 is a dismembered view, showing some of the parts of the line-spacing mechanism.

The present'invention is illustrated as applied to an Underwood four-bank portable typewriting machine, but may beused to advantage with any type of portable machine which is to be accommodated ina compact casing.

Said machine has a frame 10 which is built very low, and is provided at the rear thereof with a. carriage 11, slidably mounted by meansof antifriction bearings 12. in guideways 13 and 14.

upper edge thereof stands higher than any otherpart of the machine and determines the position of a top wall15 of a casing 16.

In order to return the carriage 11 to linestarting position, and in order to, at the line-space a platen 17 carried by rocking lever 18 pivotally mounted on a stud 19 which is secured to a carriage-lug 20. The lever 18 is connected by means of an interven ing pawl 21 to a line-space ratchet 22 carried by a platen-axle 23. The pawl is loosely connected to the lever by means of a stud 24 and is slidably mounted in a slot'25 in the carriage-end plate, by means of a shoulderscrew 26.

The lever 18 is operated by a handle 27, which is foldable when not in use, as shown in Figure 1, so that the uppermost edge of a finger-piece, at the end thereof, may clear the top wallof the casing. The handle is rockably mounted on a shoulder-screw 29 carried by an extension 30 of the lever 18. The lever 18' isreturned to its normal position after each movement of the handle by f a spring'28."

In order to prevent accidental displacement of the handle 27 there is provided a resilient locking plate31 which is secured to the lever 18 by a screw 32 in a threaded hole- 33 in said lever. The plate 31 has a hole 34 therein for embracing, an enlarged diameter 35 of the screw 29 and aslot 37 for receiving When the plate is in its normal position, interposing The carriage is sunk in the' maehine-frameas shown in Figure 1, but the the pin, it is impossible to swing the handle 7 to inoperative position.

The handle may, however-,be lowered to j tion.

.ing machine, said lever having toldah.

ineffective or folded position by swinging the plate 31, Which is provided with alingerpiece 36, out of engagement with the pin 38 as shown in Figure 4. Then the handle Will by its own Weight tall into folded position, in which position itis held by a stud 39 carried by the plate and in the path oi the handle.

Variations may be resorted to Within the scope of the invention, and portions of the improvements may be nset Without others;

Having thus described my invention, l claim:

1. A line-spacing mechanism for a type writing machine, including a pivotellymounted lever, a foldalole handle carried by said lever, means for locking the handle in operatine position, said means including a locking plate carried by said lever, said pl te having; a hole therein for receivino a pin 7 carried by the handle, and a finger-piece L.

said plate for manually releasing 1. from said pi" e V 2. A carriagereturn lever for a portable t-ypeivriting machine, said lever having a toloable handle and means tor looking the handle in operating" position, said means in- :oluding a resilient finger-piece carried by the lever, means on the handle for enga the finger-piece, and a stud on the piv for supporting the handle in its :tolded posi- 3Q A carriage-return lever or a typewrithandle pivotally mounted on a thereto, and i eans for looking the handle operating position, said means including a looking plate fast to said lever, the plate hav-- ing a hole therein for embracing the stud, a pin P13018C-l3111gf176111tho handle, said locking plate havmgan aperture for receiving said pin, and a fingenpiece on said locking plate I pivoted on the platen-carriage and havine' v 1,eee,e17

for manually releasing the same from engagement with sa d pin,

e. A earriagee'et-urn lever for atypewriting machine, said lever having a. foldable handle pivotally mounted on a stud thereto, means for looking the handle in operating position, said means in hiding a lockplate fast at one end to said lever, the plate having a hole therein for embracing the stud, and having; an aperture for receiva pin carried by the handle, and means for posi" the handler in its folded or inel'l eeiu'e position, said last-mentioned means including a pin carried by the looking plate adjacent its free end, said pin being moranged to interpese the body of tl e handle. 7

5. ii portable.typewriter including: the .4

. nation with a platen-earriage, a-

on and linespacing mechanism therefor, of a bell-crank lever having a shortlever-arm memher for operating said line-spacing mechanism, said member being vertically an integral extension in front of said verti pivot, along lever-arm provided with a handle at its outer end and having its inner e; d mounted on said horizontal pivot, a springlociiing plate for holding said long leverot, which'extension'earries a horizontal 

